The 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 5 February 2023. It was the opening round of five in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

The race was won by the SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team entered Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Kenny Habul, Jules Gounon and Luca Stolz.

Entry list Class structure Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings. Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars) Pro - for driving combinations with no driver category restrictions.2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations - Issue 4, as archived at web.archive.org Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum-, FIA Gold- or FIA Silver-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers. Silver Cup - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver- and FIA Bronze-rated drivers Bronze - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers. Class I – Invitational class Class I will be open to MARC Cars, GT2 cars and GTC cars from one-make categories. Class I entries are required to have at least one FIA Bronze-rated driver.

Class B was also available for entry for Porsche GT3 Cup cars and Class C was also available for entry for GT4 cars, however due to a lack of entries in both classes, Classes B & C were merged into Class I.

Entries Team Car Engine Drivers Class Class A (GT3) Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Anton De Pasquale PA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Wall Racing Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 6 Tony D'Alberto S Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 9 Marc Cini PA Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth International Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 10 Andrew Fawcet S Daniel Gaunt Dylan O'Keeffe Volante Rosso Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Tony Bates PA Jordan Love David Reynolds 101 Jonathan Hui S Josh Hunt Ross Poulakis Kevin Tse BMW M4 GT3 32 Sheldon van der Linde P Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts 46 Augusto Farfus P Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 44 Aaron Cameron S Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 47 James Koundouris S Theo Koundouris David Russell Jonathon Webb 65 Chaz Mostert PA Fraser Ross Liam Talbot 74 Mattia Drudi P Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser 777 Ricardo Feller PA Christopher Mies Yasser Shahin M Motorsport / Vantage Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 50 David Crampton S Trent Harrison Glen Wood Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 55 James Golding PA Brad Schumacher Frédéric Vervisch SunEnergy1 Racing / AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 75 Jules Gounon P Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Nicky Catsburg P Philip Ellis Daniel Juncadella Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 99 PA Richie Stanaway Jamie Whincup 888 Broc Feeney P Maximilian Götz Shane van Gisbergen Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 222 Alex Davison PA Geoff Emery Craig Lowndes Scott Taylor Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 912 Matt Campbell P Mathieu Jaminet Thomas Preining GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 999 Maro Engel P Mikaël Grenier Raffaele Marciello Class I (Invitational) Nineteen Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 19 Mark Griffith INV Christian Pancione Fabian Schiller Wheels / FX Racing MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 52 Keith Kassulke INV Cameron McLeod Hadrian Morrall Daytona Sports Cars SIN R1 GT4 GM LS7 7.0 L V8 66 Ben Schoots INV Dylan Thomas Shane Woodman MRA Motorsport MARC Mazda 3 V8 Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 111 Darren Currie INV Grant Donaldson Geoff Taunton Icon Class P Pro S Silver PA Pro-Am Am Am INV Invitational

– The #50 Vantage Racing entry switched from a KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept to an Audi R8 LMS Evo II following an engine failure during Friday practice.

Qualifying

Qualifying Pos.No.ClassDriversTeamCarCombined TimeGap1999PRO Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo275PRO Luca Stolz Jules Gounon SunEnergy1 Racing / Akkodis ASP Team3888PRO Broc Feeney Maximilian Götz Triple Eight Race Engineering4912PRO Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport 532PRO Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Team WRT646PRO Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Team WRT774PRO Mattia Drudi Christopher Haase Melbourne Performance Centre865PAM Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot Melbourne Performance Centre977PRO Nicky Catsburg Daniel Juncadella Craft-Bamboo Racing1044SIL Aaron Cameron Duvashen Padayachee Valmont Racing116SIL Tony D'Alberto David Wall Wall Racing1255PAM Frédéric Vervisch Brad Schumacher PremiAir Racing / Schumacher Motorsport1310SIL Daniel Gaunt Dylan O'Keeffe International Motorsport1447SIL David Russell Jonathon Webb Melbourne Performance Centre1599PAM Richie Stanaway Prince Jefri Ibrahim Triple Eight Race Engineering16777PAM Ricardo Feller Yasser Shahin Melbourne Performance Centre17222PAM Alex Davison Geoff Emery Scott Taylor Motorsport 1824PAM Jordan Love Tony Bates Volante Rosso Motorsport 19101SIL Josh Hunt Tse Wingkin Volante Rosso Motorsport 204PAM Anton de Pasquale Stephen Grove Grove Racing219PAM Lee Holdsworth Marc Cini Hallmarc Racing2250SIL Glen Wood David Crampton M Motorsport / Vantage Racing 2319INV Christan Pancione Mark Griffith Nineteen Corporation 24111INV Grant Donaldson MRA Motorsport WD66INV Daytona SportscarWD52INV Wheels FX Racing

Top Ten Shootout Pos. Class Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 999 PRO Maro Engel GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:00.8819 2 888 PRO Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.0983 +0.2164 3 912 PRO Matthew Campbell Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:01.1730 +0.2911 4 75 PRO Jules Gounon SunEnergy1 Racing / AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.2916 +0.4097 5 65 PAM Chaz Mostert Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:01.8694 +0.9875 6 46 PRO Maxime Martin Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 2:02.5083 +1.6264 7 44 SIL Aaron Cameron Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.5482 +1.6663 8 77 PRO Daniel Juncadella Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.0311 +2.1492 DSQ 32 PRO Sheldon van der Linde Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Time Disallowed DSQ 74 PRO Christopher Haase Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo II Time Disallowed Provisional Results

Race Class winners indicated in bold and with . Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriversCarLapsTime/RetiredEngine 1P 75 SunEnergy1 Racing / AKKodis ASP Team Kenny Habul Jules Gounon Luca StolzMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 323 12:00:40.1193Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 2 P 912 Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Thomas PreiningPorsche 911 GT3 R 323 +0.9267 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 3P 999 GruppeM Racing Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Raffaele MarcielloMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 323 +1.4177Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 P 32 Team WRT Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts BMW M4 GT3 323 +44.7457 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 5P 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Broc Feeney Maximilian Götz Shane van GisbergenMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 322 +1 Lap Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 6 P 46 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi BMW M4 GT3 322 +1 Lap BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 7 PA 65 Melbourne Performance Centre Chaz Mostert Fraser Ross Liam Talbot Audi R8 LMS Evo II 321 +2 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 8P 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Nicky Catsburg Philip Ellis Daniel JuncadellaMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 321 +2 LapsMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9 PA 777 Melbourne Performance Centre Ricardo Feller Christopher Mies Yasser Shahin Audi R8 LMS Evo II 320 +3 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 10PA 99 Triple Eight Race Engineering Prince Jeffri Ibrahim Richie Stanaway Jamie WhincupMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 319 +4 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 11 PA 24 Volante Rosso Motorsport Tony Bates Jordan Love David Reynolds Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 316 +7 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 12 S 10 International Motorsport Andrew Fawcet Daniel Gaunt Dylan O'Keeffe Audi R8 LMS Evo II 316 +7 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 13 PA 9 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi R8 LMS Evo II 316 +7 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 14 S 101 Volante Rosso Motorsport Jonathan Hui Josh Hunt Ross Poulakis Kevin Tse Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 310 +13 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 15 S 50 M Motorsport / Vantage Racing David Crampton Trent Harrison Glen Wood Jayden Ojeda Audi R8 LMS Evo II 309 +14 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 16 S 47 Melbourne Performance Centre James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Jonathon Webb Audi R8 LMS Evo II 301 +22 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 17 INV 111 MRA Motorsport Darren Currie Grant Donaldson Geoff Taunton MARC Mazda 3 V8 283 +40 Laps Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 PA 55 PremiAir Racing / Schumacher Motorsport James Golding Brad Schumacher Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS Evo II 243 Engine Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 DNF INV 19 Nineteen Corporation Mark Griffith Christian Pancione Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG GT4 210 Engine Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF PA 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Alex Davison Geoff Emery Craig Lowndes Scott TaylorMercedes-AMG GT3 177 Accident Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DNF S 44 Valmont Racing Aaron Cameron Duvashen Padayachee Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 89 Accident Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DNF S 6 Wall Racing Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David WallLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 70 Suspension Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 DNF PA 4 Grove Racing Anton de Pasquale Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Porsche 911 GT3 R 56 Accident Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF P 74 Melbourne Performance Centre Mattia Drudi Christopher Haase Patric NiederhauserAudi R8 LMS Evo II 13 Accident Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 WDINV 66 Daytona Sports Cars Ben Schoots Dylan Thomas Shane Woodman SIN R1 GT4 Crash in Practice 6 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 WDINV 52 Wheels FX Racing Keith Kassulke Hadrian Morrall Cameron McLeodMARC II V8 Crash in Practice 4 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 OFFICIAL RESULTS

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